With 35 AdvancED Standard Committees representing over 250 internal and external stakeholders, you de-serve a big thank you for all your work on our dis-trict and school Self Assessments.

Thank you

How will we document all of our work... The AdvancED External Review Team will visit Burke County Public Schools from September 25-28, 2016. We can expect this team to be composed of five educators with a Chairperson from outside the state of Georgia.

For those of us who have been doing this for years, we have

seen this External Review visit move from “paper-full” to almost “paper-less”.

It is vital we document our work with effective and mod-ern platforms.

Well in advance of the Sep-tember visit, the External Review Team will be able to

study and review our school system with:

The BCPS Website

eBOARD

AdvancED ASSIST

Burke County Public Schools

Spring 2016

AdvancED SACS Vision Statement Burke County Schools will exemplify a quality system that is respected for high standards, outstanding performance, and excellence in student achievement. Mission Statement The mission of the Burke County School System is to ensure that all stu-dents will graduate with the necessary skills to function successfully in a global society.

Belief Statements (School System)

Student Performance All students will experience a high quality, data-driven,

and academically challenging learning environment, designed to meet their

unique needs, to help them become socially responsible citizens, to en-

hance their opportunities, and to facilitate their post-secondary goals.                                                                                               

Stakeholder Engagement A strong partnership among employees, students,

families, and the community is essential for optimal student achievement,

advancement of our community, and fulfillment of civic responsibility in our

society.

Organizational Effectiveness  The recruitment, hiring, and retention of a

highly qualified and effective faculty, staff, and administration is vital to the

development and sustainability of a positive climate, culture, and learning

environment.

Continuous Improvement Continuous improvement is non-negotiable and

fostered through systemic planning and assessment, building capacity,

maximizing resources, collaboration, partnerships, professional learning,

networking, transparency, communication, stakeholder feedback, and utili-

zation of current trends and technologies. 

Inside this issue:

All about eleot 2-3

Survey Results 2013-2016 4

External Review Sample Schedule 4

AdvancED Stakeholder Survey

Participants Exceed OUR Goal

20% Parent

Participation

40% Student

Participation

60% Staff

Participation

BES 50% 95% 100%

BCAS 45% 68% 88%

BCHS 25% 48% 86%

BCMS 49% 78% 89%

SGA 74% 94% 100%

WPS 42% 94% 99%

Trained observers spend at least 20 minutes in all or nearly every class-room in the school and record their observations on a standardized re-

porting template. Data are then uploaded and stored by Ad-vancED. The eleot provides structured and quantifiable data on the extent to which learners are engaged in activi-ties and/or demonstrate knowledge, attitudes and/or

dispositions that are conducive to effective learning. The tool provides an aggregate picture for an entire school.

In essence, eleot measures the extent to which there is observ-able evidence (or no evidence) that students are engaged in certain activities or demon-strate certain knowledge, atti-tudes and/or dispositions in a classroom during a defined period of time as measured on a four-point scale (1 being “not observed,”4 being “very evi-dent”). The seven eleot environ-

ments examined are:

Equitable Learning

High Expectations

Supportive Learning

Active Learning

Progress Monitoring and Feedback

Well-Managed Learning

Digital Learning

eleot—The Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool

Page 2 AdvancED SACS

eleot—The Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool (page 1)

Page 3

eleot—The Effective Learning Environments Observation Tool (page 2)

Burke County Public Schools

on day 1 will be at Central Of-fice and will include System and Standards presentations, lead-ership and community inter-views, and artifact review. Team work session #2 will be in the evening.

Day 2

The External Review will divide and cover as many schools as possible for the entire work day. The focus will be on classroom observations (eleot), artifact review, and targeted interviews. Team work session 3 will be in the evening.

Day 3

All External Review Team work on day 3 will be at Central Of-fice.

External Review Team Members

Based upon the size of the school system

Comprised of in-state and out-of-state professionals

Led by a trained Lead Eval-uator from out-of-state

Supported by an Associate Lead Evaluator from in-state

Appointed by AdvancED

Day 1

Team work session #1 typically takes place on the evening prior to the start of the External Re-view.

All External Review Team work

Day 3 summary:

Follow up interviews

Team work session #4—exit Power Point prepara-tion/review

Team work time and finalize logistical details

Lead Evaluator meets with the Superintendent

Exit report delivered at a “called” BCBOE Meet-ing

External Review Team Sample Schedule

3.8

3.9

4

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.4

2013 2014 2015 2016

Parents

Staff

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

2013 2014 2015 2016

Early Elementary Students

Elementary Students

Middle School/High School

Students

4

Survey Results